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This guy is shooting 8% FG for the season. He is 1-14 from the field.
This guy is shooting 8% FG for the season. He is 1-14 from the field.
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Gortat is an above-average starting center. I've never seen those rumors, but I don't believe them. That doesn't make sense for either team.
Bulls will probably sign Fesenko and roll with that.
Lol by any means am i saying nazr is on the same level as gortat, im not saying that at all. Im just saying with no production from nazr and boozer struggling thats proably why that rumor surfaced.. But its on hoopshype.com i tried to click the link but the website is like in spanish or something.
http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm MAGIC , BOSTON , DALLAS AND CHICAGO INTERESTED IN GORTAT
Maybe this trade and moving Noah to the PF spot ? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bt4wwgh
Naw scratch that Suns prob say no , i forgot they had Scola who i would trade straight up for maybe a 3 way deal with Boston
Bulls get Scola
Suns get Boozer , Bradley and Sully
Boston gets Gortat and Marshall
I don't see how the Bulls would have any interest in Gortat as something other than a replacement for Noah. If they wanted a backup type of player, minus the offense, they should have kept Asik - it likely could be cheaper.
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Gortat/Noah could play together. Or maybe they'd go Taj/Noah and bring Gortat off the bench.
I agree Gortat and Noah could play together, but that is once again accepting that Boozer would be gone somehow and the other half of his money was spent on some sort of back court scoring.
I don't think Gortat is a realistic option at all unless the stars align for the Bulls in the 2013/2014 off season.
As interesting as it would be to see a lineup of Rose, xxx, Deng, Gortat, and Noah in terms of defensive dominance; the Bulls need a big offensive threat at the two guard spot (either starting or off the bench) for the lineup function completely.
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Caroline - Unregistered August 08, 2011 2:40 PM Clause 10.5 of the Concorde Agreement, limits the number of races in a season to 17, unless the teams give their consent to more, then there can be an absolute maximum of 20. However there is a sub proviso clause that lets the calendar increase beyond 20 races, if the teams are paid a higher share of F1's profits. 3 agree 0 disagree
Gary - Unregistered August 08, 2011 2:48 PM Mexico? Really? Why not have a Kandahar F1 race too? That would probably be safer. 1 agree 5 disagree
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Matt - Unregistered August 08, 2011 3:08 PM I would love to see a few crappy Herman Tilke tracks dumped to bring back Mexico and in perticular Magny Cours. Theres are few classic tracks that are missing that really need to come back IMO, especially dump Melbourne for Adelaide ! 2 agree 2 disagree
BuckBundy August 08, 2011 5:04 PM Magny Cours? Are you serious? Paul Ricard was much better, ah, yeah but Bernie owns it so would never stump up the cash to host an F1 race!If they do go back to Mexico I hope they keep the final corner intact, not like the mickey mouse in-and-out the baseball stadium like Champ cars did. Reply Report abuse 3 agree 0 disagree
brian launchbury - Unregistered August 08, 2011 5:54 PM So how do the BBC and Sk$ split this up?Brian 0 agree 0 disagree
ChrisF1 - Unregistered August 08, 2011 7:56 PM Is Bernie becoming more blackmailer than businessman? 2 agree 1 disagree
richard August 08, 2011 8:49 PM first of all, the concorde agreement is up for renewal, so more races COULD be added. secondly, there are some races, such as india which are doubtful, so having a spare or two for the future, is a reasonable way to go. Reply Report abuse 0 agree 2 disagree
Trying-Yes-Very ! - Unregistered August 08, 2011 9:40 PM Bernie should include a second running of the Bahrain race each year, that will increase the number of races. They would love it and so would Bernie. I doubt anyone else would though. 0 agree 0 disagree
Clondikemike - Unregistered August 09, 2011 8:15 AM Since when does FIA get involved with track selection for F1. OK they have the right to veto tracks if they do not comply but the commercial side and ergo the calender lies with the owners of F1 and its stakeholders, i.e the teams and sponsors. I would love to return to the traditional tracks but lets be honest, by the time that these tracks have been redesigned to comply with modern safety standards etc they are only a pale representation of their former selves. I believe the calender will expand as the teams are just as greedy as Bernie for more money. As to which tracks are on the calender is irrelevent to me as I will not be watching F1 from next year when it switches to SKY, thanks FOTA for looking after us Brit TV viewers. 2 agree 0 disagree


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The labour market for professional footballers is frequently presented as one of the best-known examples of globalisation because of the high profile increase in the number of foreign footballers.
Yet research by LSE sociologist Dr Patrick McGovern finds that when it comes to buying foreign experience, English clubs prefer to shop close to home. Rather than become a truly global game, English football is merely adding a North European and Scandinavian flavour to its underlying mixture of Anglos and Celts.
In his analysis of 50 years of foreign signings, Dr McGovern concludes that: "Clubs recruit conservatively, with a clear tendency to hire those that most resemble domestic players (i.e. low risk foreigners). More specifically, the widely-cited trend of increasing diversity in player origins - more and more countries are represented in English football - masks an underlying trend in which the overwhelming majority of foreign players come from little more than a handful of countries."
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Dr McGovern concludes: "The hiring of overseas players has compounded inequality in playing resources and team performance, while adding a strong regional Northern European/Scandinavian flavour to English football."
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Nuccionino- I got a great deal that's all I want to say for now. Definitely a good amount of profit to be made. When the dust settles and i get some of my money back ill let you know what I paid.
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Man that is a nice lot of cards. I wish I could find something like that once. Every flea market or garage sale I go to has a bunch of late 80s early 90s junk lol. Congrats
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Some of those 90s inserts sell for $10-20.00 a piece. A very lucrative market to get into if you get a low buy-in. Very nice find. I do see the value in that. Kobe ungraded Rookies sell for $25.00 BCCG 10. BCCG 10 is approximately the value of a Gem 10. BCCG is a sub-par grading arm of Beckett. BGS has tougher standards, BCCG more lenient. Roethlisberger RC's sell for 5.00 a pop unslabbed by any company. I'd say he made a fairly good amount of profit if he picked the lot up for $20-30.00.
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Never claim to have gotten a steal and not share a price. You leave yourself open for half the comments your getting.
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This is true, may decrease value as nobody wants a card graded by GEM. $15 tops for that card IMO...
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For everyone asking a price I do not want to share yet. I don't want people to hold it over my head when trying to buy cards. Let's just say I sold 4 Peyton manning RC's an got most o my money back from the first lot. I didn't post any response to be a tough guy I just thought it was funny for someone to be worried about me who doesn't know me and it was a sarcastic comment. I already apologized once for it. Hard to determine someone's tone on the Internet. I posted this pickup for one reason, to try to HELP anyone find cards for their PC an also make my money back, maybe some profit of course, in the meantime. I also will keep some and also give/trade some to friends. The rarer inserts in this lot are very sought after and I think I will do very well here. When I move a good amount I'll let you know what I paid. There are a lot of nice cards in here and like isaid I will make my money back on 5 cards or less. Figure get the SV for the top 5 cards or so and thats about what I paid for everything. Anyone who really wants to know and not just try to get a steal on a card since I did can do the little work. Anyone interested please PM me what you want and offers are encouraged as I am very busy with work. Thanks.
I also understand GEM doesn't add value to most cards but most of these are in great shape. I have sold some in the past for a decent premium and also some for the same as raw. I don't see these being altered since most are low end RC's, it's not like they are Jeter SP RC's and other very valuable cards. I didn't buy them because they were GEM I bought them because they were RC's of superstars in great condition. If you assume everything graded by gem is altered then you must assume every raw card is also? Not sure I really understand since they are mostly $5-15 cards and not worth altering. I just think they are very willing to give out a 10 lol. Also the Rivera (if that what was being talked about) is in very nice condition and I will be keeping it. If I did sell it I would almost guarantee it would sell for the price of a raw copy and probably slightly more.
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See, this is what I can not stand. Why is it such a big deal to post what you paid? For example, if you buy a 52 Topps Mantle for $20 bucks, it doesn't mean the card isnt worth $15,000. The members that you would want to deal with would acknowledge your "steal" and pay going rate if they wanted the cards. The shady members who would expect you to sell for pennies are the ones you wouldn't want to deal with anyway.
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BISSETT, MB, July 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – San Gold Corporation (TSX: SGR)
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Thread: Dedication on volunteer dept.
Dedication on volunteer dept.
I'm from a small rural fire dept. that has around 30 members 15+ above 50 and <10 below 30. We are having some issues with dedication, we have the people but it seems at night there are only 8 of us with our pagers on and any other time our max turnout is about 15 on a saturday afternoon(which is usually plenty but RARE). I am looking for ideas to pass to my AC about recruiting some younger members more interested in helping people than just knowing what's going on around town. I don't expect any miracles since getting volunteers is a big enough challenge in a small town much less ones that care. Please Help!! (yes i know I'm a probie and I hope no one thinks I'm out of line but if I am plz let me know!)
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First thing I'd do is change my Firehouse.com name... you won't be a proby forever.
Plan a weeklong membership "blitz". Pick a week of local importance. Local festival, memorial day... etc.
Plan to get out and work the masses. Go to little league games, soccer games, etc.. .talk to the parents about joining. Pass out information flyers.
Try to meet with other groups of "target" people. Where do people ages 18-30 hang out? Can the local movie theater run an ad (even if it's just a still picture) for you, asking for members?
Do you have a website? Is it prominently posted on your site how people can join?
If you don't have a junior program or an explorer program, look into it. It takes a lot of work, but is a pretty good pipeline for us.
Put one of the engines on the apron with a banner that says, "This Engine Out of Service due to a lack of volunteers". Just be sure to warn the mayor/council whoever about your plan.
Work with the local papers.
Concentrate this all into ONE week and be sure to work it in the newspapers.I am now a past chief and the views, opinions, and comments are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for any department or in any official capacity. Although, they would be smart to listen to me.
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I agree with what everything the good Chief says. Gotta get out and be seen before anyone thinks about you. Out of sight, out of mind.
You have to make it worth their while, they will come in with a "what's in it for me" type of thinking. Unfortunately, most people will have this. Either some sort of compensation like money somehow or the social aspect of joining the department. Highlight the satisfaction of serving your fellow citizens. Somehow make it attractive to them.Jason Knecht
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Has anyone in your area ASKED non-members why they don't join? We did - put a couple of people outside a convenience store.
A lot of the people did not even know we were volunteer, many did not know we needed people. Some were just waiting to be asked.
The explorer program is a big plus, no matter if you do it inhouse or through the Boy Scouts program.
And give people responsibility. Make them part of the program.
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All good advice above.
We get a lot of our recruits from the vo-tech program that the county schools run. It brings the kids in, they get training during school and generally have free time to spend at the station. We have had good luck with these members.
As mentioned, make sure that you get out in the community, and make sure that people know you are volunteer. Until I started asking, I saw volunteer on the side of the building, but it didn't really sink in that they were true volunteers providing 24/7 coverage. I had just assumed that it was a combination department because I came from an area with a fully career department.
All great advice guys thank you very much. I will for sure try these out!
Oh the name stays because I feel I will ALWAYS be learning so I'm a probie for lifeFirefighter/EMT
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First of all, you can't build dedication. An individual has it or doesn't and adding new and younger members doesn't mean that they will all be gung ho dedicated hard chargers. That is simply the nature of the human animal.
Secondly, when recruiting if someone seems interested talk to them, invite them to the FD, give them an application and try to seriously motivate them to join. If someone is less than interested don't waste your time, if they join they won't be what you want OR they won't be around long.
Mass recuitment efforts are a good idea, but be careful what you wish for. Sometimes numbers of slackers and wannabes can be worse than running a little shorter on membership numbers.Crazy, but that's how it goes
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Any volunteer department will have this problem. We have the same issues. We recently changed Public Relations Officers, and he has been more active. He puts articles in the paper about what the department has been doing and he puts the occasional picture of a fire in the paper. This helps the public to see that the department isnt just a social group as in the past. Also to help get recruits, the local high school has a career day and we have a booth with showing off some of our equipment, we even let a few studnets bunker and pack out and run around the gym. This is usually credited to getting a couple of new recruits. Good public relations are a first to getting new recruits and then on to letting the public know you need volunteers. Stay avtic in the town and they will come.
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An additional comment to expand on what Fyred said. Be sure to watch your expectations. Not everyone will be able or desire to put in the same amount of time. You will typically have a core group that does most of the work and runs most of the calls. I'm not saying to do away with minimum training and attendance standards, but don't expect everyone to spend the same amount of time.
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If you're starting a recruiting drive, don't just hand out flyers saying that meetings are on the third Saturday at 7PM. People will put off coming.
Instead, plan for an open house on a specific date and put that in the advertising. That date gets in their mind and they're more likely to show up.
The open house should only be about the new folks and no normal stuff should be done. Give a presentation on the department, what is expected of volunteers, etc. along with a tour of the station. Give some demonstrations on getting into gear, using hoses, etc.
01-25-2010, 07:40 PM #15I am now a past chief and the views, opinions, and comments are mine and mine alone. I do not speak for any department or in any official capacity. Although, they would be smart to listen to me.
"The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list."
"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water."
Were in the same boat too Chief. When I came onto my company 7 years ago I went to the academy with with 4 other people. Today I am the only one left out of the class and now a company officer. When I first got on moral wasn't great, the officer staff wasn't doing their jobs and it was more about drinking beer instead of fire fighting. Once some young blood started arriving at the firehouse things started changing.
Moral is hard to keep in volunteer agency. Politics can kill membership. The one way I have seen the moral of our department improve is by having a chief and officer staff that the rest of the members can be proud of. Our members train constantly and were always making sure that any possible issues are resolved immediately before they get out of hand. We also keep the fire house very family driven. Volunteer fire departments can be very demanding on peoples families so if you keep the family involved and open to the organization they feel they are part of it. I can't tell you how many events and other outside functions members significants others and kids are helping out with and enjoying!Stay safe!
We're in the same situation. Even worse, we are a bedroom community with most working age folks leaving town during the day. From what I know this is typical of all smaller volunteer departments. As previously stated you'll have your core group of dedicated volunteers and then you'll have the rest. Hopefully at any given time enough of the rest show up to handle the emergency.
People have lives. Jobs, families, vacations, personal problems etc. All can prevent one from responding. If I were forced to respond to every call I would have to leave the fire service.
Not everyone can give the same time or effort. As long as minimum guidelines are met then you should appreciate the volunteers' contribution be it large or small.
We have basically the same layout as you. 30 members, 7 officers, most members over 35 and only ten under 30. Were a completely volunteer department that serves just over 2,000 people according to the latest census. We cover 26.4 sq. miles.
We have had alot of dedication issues over the last year. Mostly for EMS runs, as we have only 4 EMT's and a Medic. I passed my EMT class last month, so ill be the 5th basic. Our department only runs around 200 calls a year, but well over half are rescue calls.
The best thing to do IMO is PR. We went around and campaigned for our newest levy. We also used grant money to purchase CO and Smoke detectors that we are giving to the public free of charge. Actions like this will make people curious, and in turn could lead them to join the Fire Department.
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pebblestone | I want to update some widget's state (like progress bar) periodically, I started a new thread for the job but sbcl reports "nil is not a stream". It seems ltk's using a dynamic binding for its stream output which is not inherited in a new thread. how to solve that problem? |
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pebblestone | kpreid: hmm. what do you mean by send message? |
kpreid | just that. implement it however you like |
pebblestone | kpreid: the 'normal' way of updating some state periodicaly is to create a timer and dispatch on the timer's event, right? I tried that but the event loop blocked. the event loop of ltk. |
kpreid | I don't understand that. |
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z3r0_d | barriers... as in "coding blocks" where you can't think of the solution? |
fax | well sort of yes I could write a solution but it would be bad its the kind of situation I am in (often) |
z3r0_d | make a diagram, sleep on it, then take a shower in the morning... dunno |
ayrnieu | ask questions about your specific situation on nice places like #lisp |
fax | I can knock the keyboard & write a program but its written badly & should never have been written im trying to find how you can write things well Ill probably buy some books |
trontos | I'd suggest doing it the best you can and then improving on it something, even if done poorly is going to be better than nothing and getting it out gives you experience you can think too much and you can think too little, somewhere in between is action 8) |
fax | ah |
trontos | or my favourite japanese proverb, planning without action is day dreaming, but action without planning is a nightmare |
fax | :) |
action | fax saves |
fax | saves |
trontos | that's from one of my XP books the first one I claim wholely as a trontos original 8) |
fax | I think I want to get PAIP or LiSP or somthnig or somthing else? |
trontos | PAIP? |
nyef | minion: Tell trontos about PAIP. |
minion | trontos: direct your attention towards PAIP: Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp by Peter Norvig. http://www.cliki.net/PAIP |
trontos | ah |
AshyIsMe | that book is really big it's kinda daunting |
nyef | Bah. It's got nothing on the Win3.1 SDK manuals for big. (Which, yes, I have read cover-to-cover. After Win95 was out.) |
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THE DARKEST NIGHT: LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD BOOK 1 GENA SHOWALTER ISBN# (10): 0-373-77246-7/ (13): 978-0373-77246-9 May 1, 2008 MIRA 225 Duncan Mill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3BK9 Paperback $6.99 U.S. and Canada 384 Pages Paranormal Romance Rating: 4 Cups
Ashlyn Darrow has been troubled by voices since she was a small child. Her parents left her in an Institute for research. After overhearing about men with supernatural abilities, Ashlyn does her own research never expecting the dangerous odds.
Maddox lives with a curse. Trapped with the demon, Violence, that is part of his lungs and heart, the two are woven together. He will do anything to break free of the curse but falling in love with a woman as beautiful as Ashlyn could prove dangerous.
Ashlyn is tired of the voices that fill her head. No matter where she stands, she hears the conversations. Instead of returning to the United States, she stays in Budapest after hearing about certain men with unexplainable abilities. The Lords of the Underworld carry an eternal curse, not only magical, but seductive. If she can locate these men she hopes to cure her tormenting ability. After mentioning to Dr. McIntosh, the Vice President of the Institute, about the men, he believes them to be demons and refuses to take Ashlyn to find them. She begins her own research. After meeting Maddox, she discovers he lives in his own tormented stages. Maddox wishes to be free of the powerful curse where he cannot even guarantee his friends' safety. Ashlyn needs his help but he knows it is dangerous to be around her. She strikes a match to his heart. Ashlyn will do anything to break the curse, even giving her life for the man she has grown to love.
Gena Showalter has written a book that keeps the reader spellbound. The characters are more than captivating. The world where Maddox lives keeps the reader on their toes as the suffering he emits can be felt throughout this story, as well as those of Ashlyn's. Both are tormented, yet drawn together as each grips the reader even more. It is like a dark underworld and the reader gets pulled right along into Ashlyn's research. The plot is remarkable, not to mention twist and turns I never expected. The Darkest Night is on the edge entertainment. Even the sensual scenes between Maddox and Ashlyn are written in a tasteful way in this mesmerizing read. I can hardly wait for the next in the series.
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Risk factors for elevated levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone during neonatal intensive care unit admission. | |
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INTRODUCTION: Screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) by measurement of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) in dried blood spots results in a high false positive rate among preterm newborns admitted in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We searched for risk factors of this population for raised 17-OHP levels. METHODS: We retrospectively collected clinical characteristics (prenatal, at birth, postnatal) in newborns with an increased 17-OHP level at initial screening (> 30 nmol/L for a birth weight > 2000 g and > or = 60 nmol/L for a birth weight < or = 2000 g), that turned out to be false positive (no CAH). The correlation of these characteristics with individual 17-OHP levels was evaluated. We also performed a case-control study matched for gestational age (GA). RESULTS: In 94 screened newborns 17-OHP levels were raised at initial screening. Negative correlations were found between 17-OHP levels and GA and birth weight, positive correlations with prenatal betamethasone administration and several parameters of respiratory disease. In a multiple regression model GA was the dominant variable. In the case control study with 91 index patients admitted to the NICU (91/1275 newborns admitted to the NICU, 7.1%) a positive correlation with respiratory disease was confirmed and cases had a significant higher birth weight and a significant lower incidence of prenatal betamethasone administration. Application of new cutoff tables adjusted by GA and/or day of sampling would have resulted in a reduction in false positive rate. CONCLUSION: The dominant risk factor for a false positive screening during NICU admission is GA. Prenatal administration of betamethasone and birth weight are more complex risk factors. These observations support the use of new cut-off values based on GA to reduce the problem of false positive screening. |
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Title: Acta clinica Belgica Volume: 67 ISSN: 1784-3286 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Clin Belg Publication Date: 2012 Mar-Apr |
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Freudenberg Politex announced a price increase. The company stated that it was able to keep the prices stable for a long period, adopting a very strict policy of cost reduction and optimization of its processes and being capable of absorbing the effects of the global crisis in 2009. The pressure on all costs, raw materials in particular, started again to grow at the end of last year and is now escalating quickly. In spite of the improved efficiency, Freudenberg Politex cannot compensate further the increase of costs.
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"Never settle for just good enough" was the mantra my high school English teacher, Roberta "Bonnie" Diefendorf, drilled into me. And without those words, I wouldn't be here today. My name is Chuck Miller. Nice to meet you. For the past twenty years, I have achieved a reasonable amount of success as a writer and […]
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Nanotech 2008 Vol. 1
Nanotechnology 2008: Materials, Fabrication, Particles, and Characterization - Technical Proceedings of the 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Chapter 1: Carbon Nano Structures & Applications | |
Alcohol vapor sensors using multiple spray-coated SWCNTs | |
Authors: | S.J. Kim, Y.M. Choi, G.W. Lee |
Affilation: | Kyungnam University, KR |
Pages: | 97 - 100 |
Keywords: | SWCNT, spray, alcohol sensors, flexible |
Abstract: | Recent advances in purification, dissolution and dispersion technologies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have provided opportunities for the development of various CNT gas sensors[1-2]. Here, we suggest an alcohol vapor sensor using single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-composites on flexible PES (polyether-sulfone) substrate where the SWCNT-composites are deposited by cost-effective and scalable spray method. Alcohol sensors have currently extended their application areas for the use of various purposes such as bio-sensing and detection of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), but they have been most commercially used as devices for breath alcohol testing. In this work, alcohol vapor sensors were fabricated and their electrical properties were measured and discussed. |
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Review by Angela
This is the story of Bod (Nobody Owens) who had to live in a graveyard because all his family had been murdered. He is raised by ghosts, Mr and Mrs Owens with the help of his guardian, Silas, who is neither alive nor dead. The novel is aimed at 8 11 year olds, but the gruesome murder descriptions in the first chapter may push the age up. Parents should read that bit and then decide.
Nearly every chapter is a self contained short story about an incident in Bods life. This makes it ideal for dipping into, and for reading at bedtime. The Chris Riddell edition has full page illustrations before each chapter, giving a hint at what kind of story the reader can expect. They all have a dark sense of humour, and cover Bods life until he is 15 years old. The Hounds of God is particularly bleak, and very funny. Ghouls take the name of the dead person that they ate first e.g. Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Emperor of China and the Thirty-third President of the United States. Other chapters concentrate on what it is like being the outsider when you are growing up. The way Bod deals with the school bullies is truly inspired.
The end of the novel is exciting and has a twist that this reader did not see coming. It won the Carnegie medal this year for childrens fiction, and this novel deserved to win. The writing style though easy enough for children, is very descriptive and distinctive. Its going to make a great film, but as always it is a better experience to read the book.
Review by Indra
In the middle of the night a family is murdered in their beds, but the job isn't complete, the youngest child, a small baby, escapes the fate of his family and toddles off in the direction of the local graveyard. After creeping through the gaps in the railings the young child is then adopted by the ghostly inhabitants of the graveyard, at the pleading request of his mother's spirit. The child is then raised by Mr and Mrs Owens, a ghostly couple, along side a not-quite-dead-not-quite-alive guardian by the name of Silas.
Growing up Bod, short for Nobody, Owens learns how to read, about maths, the stars and how to fade and walk through walls. He isn't allowed to leave the graveyard as it has been deemed to be unsafe for him to do so, however after a while he is allowed to go to school, where events unfold leading the killer of his family back to him, in order to complete the job of killing the whole family.
The story has been built upon the foundations of a short story by Gaiman, published in his anthology M is for Magic, and it also tips it's hat to Kipling's Jungle Book, with ghosts taking the place of the animals in a typical Gaiman twist.
It has to be said that the book was a good page turner, and the story flowed well with recognised Gaiman humour and a touch of the macabre, however not as dark as Coraline. There is a slightly hollow feel left after reading it though, possibly due to a loose end situation. It would be nice to see sequels or even some spin off books, continuing the story of the lives of several of the characters. This should not however been seen as a negative point, indeed it is quite the opposite, Gaiman leaves the reader with the words '...and then?' lingering on their lips, desperate to know more, to continue following the lives of the characters that they have grown to love.
So, the advice is to read this book, unless you are Neil Gaiman, in which case you should really be writing more and more and....
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I liked this book the first time I read it, very much so. I found it even better on second read and by the third time it had become one of my favourite books of all time. I have found that Gaiman's book tend to improve with each read, which for me is a sign of a great book. It has a poetic feel to it and the theme, although dark, is full of hope. A winner of many awards I recommend you read it to find out why, and then read it again and again.
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This was a great book, I loved it. I like how it can be related to struggles that all humans face of being different and growing up in a different environment to the norm. I love Neil Gaiman's style of writing, it is easy to follow and it makes it easy for the reader to keep up with the plot of the book. I personally think that it can be read by people of all ages because it we can often relate to the metaphorical context of this book. Overall, very good book and a fresh, original idea.
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Study links fertility treatments to birth defects
New research links birth defect risk with popular fertility treatment procedures.
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More than 60,000 babies were born in the United States in 2009 as a result of 146,000 intravenous fertility (or IVF) treatments. About three-quarters of these attempts were made via a fertility treatment called ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. But new research has linked this procedure to an increased risk for birth defects.
ICSI is used when male infertility is the blockade to conception but it is also commonly used to increase the chances that at least some embryos will be created from an IVF attempt. In fact, many clinics use it in all cases. This new research shows that ICSI might also increase the risk for birth defects.
The study, published online on May 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, evaluated records for roughly 303,000 babies conceived "naturally" and 6,163 conceived via assisted reproduction in Australia from 1986 through 2002. These records were compared with records on birth defects — heart, spinal or urinary tract defects, limb abnormalities, and cleft palate — diagnosed in children by age 5. They found that babies conceived via ICSI — in which a sperm is injected into the egg — were more likely to suffer from these birth defects. About 10 percent of babies born via ICSI had birth defects compared to 6 percent of those conceived without fertility treatments.
So now the big question is this: Is it the technique itself that increases the birth defect risk or is it because the sperm used are damaged in a way that was causing the infertility in the first place?
Looks like they'll need a few more studies to figure that one out.
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